Since the international system is largely anarchic, it is not astonishing to watch two oppressive and ultra-right wing governments overtly embracing each other despite their gross human rights violations in Kashmir and Palestine. Indian supremacist Prime Minster Narendra Modi has become the first premier of his country to pay a three-day visit to Israel, an…
In the late sixties and early seventies the Pakistan Navy submarine Ghazi was the symbol of an irretrievable depth of fear for the Indian Navy, it remained a nightmare for the Indian fleet for years. In the early phase of the 1971 war, Indian aircraft carrier Vikrant was forced to find shelter nearly 1000 miles…
At least 90 people were killed and hundreds critically injured on May 31 when an explosives-laden truck ripped through Kabul’s fortified diplomatic quarters. The grisly attack took place in Zanbaq Square in Kabul’s 10th district, close to shops and bustling restaurants as well as government offices and foreign embassies. There was no immediate claim of…
The Russia’s recent diplomatic overtures towards lingering Afghan peace and its secret rapprochement with the Taliban convincingly indicate that Russia wants to play a new Great Game in Afghanistan, especially against America. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have fully capitalised on the fateful election of Donald Trump as American president to…
The declining US influence in the Middle East has presumably prompted the Trump administration to militarily intervene in the festering Syrian civil war. After the chemical attack in the Syrian town of Ghouta on 21 August 2013, the US had anxiously waited for a similar attack in conflict-battered Syria so as to provide a legitimate…
India has long cherished the dream of becoming a hegemonic power in the region, to achieve regional preponderance; New Delhi has employed both soft and hard power to bring all the peripheral South Asian countries under its military and economic influence. For India, economically and militarily rising Pakistan has continued to pose a potential threat…
Introduction “Terrorism is (largely) a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.”—Patrick J. Kennedy The specter of resurgent terrorism has become the most threatening challenge of the twenty-first century. The monster of terrorism coupled with militancy has continued to wreak havoc in most…
The national interest of a country often plays the underlying role in determining its relations with other states. Similarly, due to convergent and shared economic and security objectives, both Pakistan and Russia are slowly but steadily coming closer to each other on economic and security fronts. After Pakistan’s inclusion into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)…
Introduction Had resource-rich Balochistan not been plagued by massive corruption and cronyism, the province would have been the most developed federating unit in the country. After NAB’s recent plea bargain with the former finance secretary, it seems that the entrenched corruption, nepotism and bad governance will continue to aggravate the economic depravity, political instability and…
IntroductionNapoleon once remarked: “The foreign policy of a country is (largely) determined by its geography.” The geostrategic, geopolitical and geo-economic factors have always played an important role in bringing states together with the intent to maximize their burgeoning socio-economic and security interests. Similarly, due to their geographical proximity and long-lasting religious and cultural affinities, both…
